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Pay for dry-van truckload company drivers jumped 2.8% from spring to summer and was projected to rise further by the end of the year as pay scales have made their biggest gains in 10 years, according to the National Survey of Driver Wages.

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Economic activity expanded in September and early October, but was constrained by high energy costs, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday.

Orders for durable goods rose 0.2% in September, driven by demand for military equipment and computers, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

federal regulation on the safety and maintenance of intermodal container chassis, originally planned for late this year, will be delayed until early 2005 because of “other rulemaking activities,” according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

WASHINGTON — For cargo security to be effective, the entire supply chain from production to delivery must be protected and screened by both private enterprise and the government, speakers at the North American Cargo Security Forum said here Oct. 18 and 19.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Speakers at a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration “listening session” here said federal safety policy should focus more on drivers and less on equipment, and they suggested ways to improve the agency’s fleet review and rating processes.

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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he federal hours-of-service rules for drivers have become a problematic issue that has concerned many of us for the last 60-plus years. hese hours driven are regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, but, in fact, they cannot really be controlled when a driver falsifies his or her logbook.